Birmaninemobius Xu et al. 2020 (grasshopper)

Insecta - Orthoptera - Trigonidiidae

Full reference: C. P. Xu, H. C. Zhang, E. A. Jarzembowski and Y. Fang. 2020. The first ground cricket (Orthoptera: Trigonidiidae: Nemobiinae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 115(104481)

Parent taxon: Trigonidiidae according to L. Desutter-Grandcolas et al. 2021

See also Xu et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Abanaxipha, Curvospurus, Cyrtoxipha, Nemobiinae, Qiongqi, Trigonidiinae

Subtaxa: Birmaninemobius hirsutus

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Type: Birmaninemobius hirsutus

Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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